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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Luxembourg	Albania	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	3,085	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	3,065	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	3,047	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	3,038	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	3,026	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	3,014	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	2,998	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	2,979	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	2,957	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	2,934	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	2,915	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	2,900	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	2,892	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	2,888	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	2,882	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	2,876	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	2,868	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	2,863	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	2,861	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	2,854	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	2,842	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	2,825	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	2,799	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	2,787	3,333

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Barbados, Luxembourg, Albania, Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.